BBC Review

With four singles released in 2004, you could be forgiven for becoming sick of Keane's MOR tunes being played to death on the radio.

Thankfully there's now some new material to listen to and unlike their comparatively light-hearted debut, Under The Iron Sea offers an intense look at the dark underbelly of the human psyche. Tim Rice Oxleys skill with a synth adds depth to impassioned songs such as "Hamburg Song" even if it does occasionally go OTT.